En el marco del 50.º aniversario de esta obra de tierra, Jon Revett escribe sobre “Amarillo Ramp” de Robert Smithson, el impacto de este artista en el arte de tierra y sus muchos proyectos sin realizar en Texas.
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On the occasion of the earthwork's 50th anniversary, Jon Revett writes about Robert Smithson's "Amarillo Ramp," Smithson's impact on land art, and his many unrealized projects in Texas.
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Jessica Fuentes and Brandon Zech discuss the opening of Michael Heizer's gargantuan sculpture, and how the work relates to other "big" art.
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Christmas tree-related art — actual art — can be hard to find.
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I've reverse-engineered my way through art history, while maintaining a mild obsession with Smithson and his work. It’s his fault I poured all that grease.
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Yesterday we published Arie Bouman’s interview with Leigh Arnold, curator at the Nasher Sculpture Center, about a show Arnold is working on about women and Land art. Although several women made significant…
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In Richard Linklater’s 2011 film Bernie, there’s a short scene where a man describes the regions of Texas. He goes on easily about the “People’s Republic” of Austin, “the carcinogenic coast”…
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Austin filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas’ new documentary, Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film, is one of 32 selected from filmmakers around the world to be screened at the…
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by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonSpring has officially sprung and, in Texas, that usually means we only have a few more weeks until we start complaining about the heat and avoid going outside. So get…
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West Texas weather is the crazy doorman to Amarillo Ramp, and no one is on the list.
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Artist Nancy Holt died on Saturday, February 8, in New York City. From 1995 to 2013, she worked and resided in Galisteo, New Mexico. A pioneer of earthworks and public…
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With Amarillo Ramp, Smithson’s final work, we begin to realize the extent of the artist's infatuation with our state. He's begging us to claim him as one of our own.
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Casey Stranahan walks through the Nasher's installation with Jeremy Strick and chats with Berlin-based artist Katharina Grosse about frameless painting and the taboo of color.
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Catherine Lee is a painter and sculptor who has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. She grew up in Texas, attended university in California and lived and worked…